panegyrist Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics
    eulogist.

WordNet

Pan"e*gyr`ist noun
Etymology
L. panegyrista, Gr. one who attends a : cf. to celebrate or attend a public festival, to make a set speech, esp. a panegyric, in a public assembly. See Panegyric.
Definitions
  1. One who delivers a panegyric; a eulogist; one who extols or praises, either by writing or speaking.
    If these panegyrists are in earnest. Burke.

Webster 1913